Antiracist Journalism - The Challenge of Creating Equitable Local News

Andrea Wenzel provides a critical look at how local media organizations in the Philadelphia area are attempting to address structural racism.

List of contents

Acknowledgments
Introduction: The Case for Reimagining
1. Repairing and Reimagining a More Public Media
2. Repairing and Reimagining an “Antiracist” Legacy Newspaper
3. Institutionalizing Accountability Infrastructure
4. Imagining a Community-Centered Wire Service
5. Imagining Community-Governed Service Journalism
6. External Support for Equitable Local Journalism
Conclusion: Transforming Through Process and Infrastructure, Not Projects and Destinations
Appendix: Methods
Notes
Bibliography
Index

About the author

Andrea Wenzel is an associate professor at Temple University. She is the author of Community-Centered Journalism: Engaging People, Exploring Solutions, and Building Trust (2020). A former journalist, she cofounded the Germantown Info Hub and has been a fellow with Columbia University’s Tow Center for Digital Journalism.

Summary

Andrea Wenzel provides a critical look at how local media organizations in the Philadelphia area are attempting to address structural racism.

Product details

• Authors: Andrea Wenzel
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 14.11.2023
• EAN: 9780231209694
• ISBN: 978-0-231-20969-4
• No. of pages: 304
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Society; Media Studies, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies, Press & journalism, Social discrimination & inequality, Ethnic minorities & multicultural studies, Media studies: Journalism, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Discrimination, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Race & Ethnic Relations, Racism and racial discrimination / Anti-racism